This photo was taken before
any restorations.

Conservation Treatment for the Belchertown Soldiers Monument
Dated 1884

28' tall Zinc Monument was sinking, cracking, tearing, and buckling from it's own weight!

There are 5 sections of the zinc, the very top base was extracted. We designed an inner skeleton (armature) for the entire zinc 5 section base. Once the top was off, we poured an interior concrete base and proceeded to build a stainless steel armiture from the ground upward. Designed to bolt the top section to bottom base. Once both had solid armature to hold the sculpture upright, we crane hoisted top to bottom, then put the soldier back to rest on top. Teflon was used between material to prevent galvanic corrosion.